Whitehorse's downtown and Riverdale areas occupy both shores of the Yukon River, which rises in British Columbia and meets the Bering Sea in Alaska. The city was named after the White Horse Rapids for their resemblance to the mane of a white horse, near Miles Canyon, before the river was dammed.
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The Whitehorse rapids were rapids on the Yukon River in Canada's Yukon Territory, named for their supposed resemblance to the mane of a charging white horse.
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Jul 30, 2014 · As every Yukoner from toddler to elder knows, the town was originally named after the upstream canyon and rapids where the white water resembled ...
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Whitehorse is named after the historic rapids on the Yukon River which resembled the flowing manes of charging white horses. On the “Trail of '98”, ...
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Whitehorse got its name from the rapids of the Yukon River where the frothing water looked like the manes of white horses. The Whitehorse rapids no longer ...
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The famous Whitehorse rapids, the toughest stretch of water on the Yukon river, lies beneath a large man-made lake. Schwatka Lake bears the name of an ...
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Whitehorse (population 28,201) derives its name from the way the rapids of the adjacent Yukon River resemble a horse's mane. Located in the traditional ...
Feb 5, 2024 · Originally called White Horse, the name came from the foam in nearby rapids on the Yukon River which looked similar to the manes on white horses ...
One of the best known names of this type is Whitehorse, which took its name from the White Horse Rapids, whose foamy white crests reminded early prospectors of ...
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